Billie Holliday’s “April in Paris” was a hit, and Gene Kelly danced as “An American In Paris”. Dinah Shore mused “The Last Time I Saw Paris”. Any time you visit, the City of Light is ever welcoming. And so are many other wonderful places in France.

A fun way to do it is to map out your own loose schedule and spend as much time as you want in each location. It’s enjoyable to go with a group in a guided tour. However, to really experience the country, travel solo or with another roamer. Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of France on your own schedule, or no schedule at all.

You see attractive travel ads on your smartphone or computer. Flights for $99.99, resort rooms from $79.99, cruises from $199.99. Like sneaky gas station signs, they all generously reduce the price by a penny to make the false bargain seem enticing. 

Before you take the attractive bait and start clicking in your credit card and bank account numbers, do some research. First, because many of the ads are written by phone hackers from faraway boiler rooms in Russia, Asia and Africa, English grammar and spelling are obviously poor. That should give you the first clue that you’re not dealing with legit travel providers. Ignore those too-attractive, but too-often phony offers.

Visiting Senior Travel Writer PJW, Las Vegas NV: Manila is the beautiful capital city of the Philippines, with historic architecture, parks, restaurants, friendly people and many other attractions. However, while tourism flourishes in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, Manila is still virtually ignored by American and other world travelers.

During my World War II Navy time, I spent a year in Manila back in 1945. As the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in the Pacific is celebrated, the city should attract its fair share of American visitors.

The 2012 movie, “Wanderlust”, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Rudd, may have stirred up renewed interest in nudism. The story is about a couple fed up with the cold, uptight New York social scene, and they join a hip nudist colony in the relaxed, sunny South.

For seniors who may want to emulate the movie couple and experience life in the all-together, consider the bare facts about these naturist locations:

Sea Mountain Ranch Resort and Spa, 66540 San Marcos Road, Palm Springs CA 92240, 877-928-2827, www.seamountaininn.com. From $250 per night. With hot daytime desert temperatures all year round, being nude here is the way to go. It’s very intimate, with adults-only visitors limited to 100 during sunlight, and only 15 rooms for overnighters. There are many activities, including pilate exercises, whirlpool, massage, swimming, volleyball and social dancing.

Cypress Cove Nudist Resort and Spa, 4425 Pleasant Hill Road, Kissimmee, Florida, 34746, 407-933-5870, www.cypresscoveresort.com. Rate from $79 a night, also weekly and monthly villa and RV accommodations. If you think Walt Disney World is the happiest place on Earth, you’ve never been to this bare-it-all paradise just down the highway.